Flooding hits southern Thailand; thousands flee

Thai Muslim women make their way through a flooded street in the southern Pattani province Nov 4, 2010. Floods that have killed at least 12 people in southern Thailand followed the worst flooding in decades in the northeast and centre of the country. In all, 122 people have died since early October.[Photo/Agencies]

A resident clean her house after flooding in Hat Yai district, Songkhla province, south of Bangkok Nov 4, 2010. Floods forced rail service to stop and thousands of residents to flee. Mayor Prai Pattano of the hardest-hit Hat Yai district of Songkhla province said Tuesday that at least 100,000 people were affected there and the water was 1.5 meters (almost 5 feet) high. [Photo/Agencies]